Shahid Kapoor's Struggling Days 

Ken Ghosh first met with Shahid Kapoor at the auditions of Ishq-Vishq and found him to be too thin to play the lead actor. He even advised Shahid to take 2-3 years before making an entry into Bollywood. But Shahid was keen on getting his first break and worked immensely on his physique to land his dream role.

As Shahid's parents were critic's favorite actors and never 'Stars', they did not have much of an influence on his career. Shahid has been very 'Self-Made', since his professional dance days at Shiamak Davar Academy. He never knew how to conduct himself to potential directors, and when his first film did well at the box office, it came as a blessing upon him.

All of 13 years, Shahid's name is still considered among the young talent and taken in the same breath as Varun, Ranveer, Hrithik, Sidharth, Arjun Kapoor, albeit having the second longest career in this list after Hrithik.

Shahid's next film will see him as an army man in 'Rangoon' a love story based on the back drop of World War 2 with Saif Ali Khan and Kangana co-starring in it.

On a related note, Shahid will be back on sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati and is enjoying being a new dad to his baby girl.